K X-ray production cross sections in aluminium for 15, 20 and 25 keV protons

A low-energy particle accelerator has been used to determine experimentally low-energy X-ray production cross sections through the irradiation of thick targets with ions with energies up to 25 keV/ion charge by measuring thick target yields. We obtained aluminium K- X-ray production cross sections values of 8.4 × 10−4, 1.3 × 10−3 and 1.8 × 10−3 barn for 15, 20 and 25 keV protons, respectively. Although there are no results in the literature for such low-energy impinging protons for comparison, the results presented here are in good agreement with the general trend exhibited for higher energy ranges.